On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Jack Bowling wrote:

> Picking up on what Don wrote, there has been a noticeable trend over
> the past several years for the starlings around Prince George here to
> nest in the cavity formed where streetlight supports bolt onto telephone
> poles, also a favorite of W. Kingbirds in the dry interior of BC and
> WA.

> Has anyone else noticed this or is it a local phenomenon?

Starlings have been nesting quite happily for several years in holes in
the stop light supports in Seattle.

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